The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-19 00:00:00

Match —Lo 71b rd Chesterfield' s c. 'b y V oltaire, out of Desert, Bst. Patr ~ agst Sir R. W . B ulkeley's eh. f. by Velocipede, out of Miss ick, Bst. 41b . 300 sous. each, h. ft. St. Lege r Course. The T own Plate of 100 sous., for three and four yr olds. Mr. Gascoigne's Wallace 3 yrs ; 31r. W. Lonsdale's Gipsy, 4 yrs ; Mr. C. Peek's Miss Ball, 4 yrs ; Mr. J. Day's Venison, 3 yrs ; Mr. Cook's Misfortune, 3 yrs ; Mr. Robinson's The Gene ral, 4 , yrs; Mr. S. L. Fox's Miss Laura, 3 yrs, Mr. Bird's Red shank, 3 yrs Bowles's The Cauld Lad of Hilton, 3 yrs Lord Westminster's Oswald, 3 vrs ; Duke of Leeds's Longinus, 4 yrs. MANCHESTER FESTIVAL. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—The musical performances of this grand festival terminated this morning, at the Collegiate Church. , The c ont i nued indisposition of Madame Malibran prevented ne4 appearance. Beethoven's oratoria of Christus am Oelberge is a sublime composition, the merits of which become more co nspicuous at every performance. To the Philharmonic Society we are indebted for its first introduction into this .(3"lltrY Dand since its production in an entire form (we be !eve at rry-Lane in 1815) it has become one of the standard Iworks at all great festivals. The choral singers deserve es ),..e.cial praise for their judicious display of light and shade. T he grand climax, however, was in the concluding chorus, the " Hallelujah," for which the audience, as in that of Handel's rose en masse. The effect was indescribably imposing. The band and chorus united poured forth the immense volume of hundred which may be imagined to proceed from nearly four bitridred performers with tremendous force and precision. This Chords was th e gem of the day, and the demand from the 'loo. 's ga ll ery for its repetition afforded the highest gratifica- In the secon d part Machin acquitted himself very cre ditably in th e ai r He laid the beams." Bishops cantata was !ung, f or the first time, at one of the Philharmonic Concerts last se ason, by Malibran. We noticed this clever composition at the ti me, and have only to add that Madame Caradori PAllan sang it extremely well, and cou ld no t h ave b een h ear d more advantage. Lablache's fin e t o n e ma d e a great im etssio n in " Q u i to l l i s. " " T he Last Judgment " was new ric to he Manchester ama t eurs , an d t h ere f ore a ff or d e d them a h treat. Or SATURDAY, SRPT. 17.—The Festival terminated last night, rather this morning, with one of the most magnificent fancy ails ever give n i n t hi s or any ot h er country. Nearly 6,000 , i er !° ll s were p resen t, att i re d i n t h e gar b o f al l nat i ons. Some for °h oe nlaY be entertained of the extent of ground takn up tuis affair when we state that it exceeded three acres, e and t wo thirds of an acre were alone appropriated for the ssupper room- Let th e L ondon inhabitant, unacquainted with the loca t siy of Mancheste r , b e to ld t h at if f our streets on t h e south de Of the Strand were connected together by t em p orar y arch ways of timber thrown across the roads, he will then under stand the immense space which has been devoted for purposes "fancif u l and terpsicorean. " The Theatie Royal is situated . Fou ntain -street, and the back of the building is entered in Back Mosley -street. A wooden building being thrown across _- the road, the passage through which was stopped up for the ° ""i 00 , was added to the back of the Assembly Rooms, the entrance to which is in Moseley-street. The front of this the was then connected with the Portico News Room, on the other side of the street, by means of a timber archway I t row? across a street as wide nearly as the Strand. Three brge buildings, namely the Theatre Royal, the Assembly " . ° oo ls, and the Portico News Rooms, were thus transformed into 0 00 vast arena for the visitors, the communication between each being through large and commodious passages beautifully lightedli up w i t h Persian lamps, and the walls fluted with blue white glazed calico. The supper room was a temporary erection over Charlotte -street, lighted up in the most Splendid style with gas lamps of an eastern pattern. At e ight o'cl oc k the company began to assemble, and by t en every part was occupied with a dense mass. Th ere hs one cont i nued stream of promenaders and at ti mes e passages were choked, but the exertions of the stewards cleared the gangways, and, considering the influx of c ompany, there was little confusion. At ten o'clock the sup per-room was thrown open, and the rush was tremenduous. The refreshments partook more of the substantial school, than the refined and recherche. Gunter would have expired on the spot had be witnessed the choking lumps of solid pastry, the enormous veal pasties, and the extraordinary sandwiches of ham and beef, which, it was remarked by Nicholson, the flutest, who was present, must have exhausted the whole Sand wich Islands for a year to come ; that another Cook dared not shove his face there. Some casks of negus, which, as a wag observed, made one's mouth water for wine, and not whine for water, was the beverage to slack the thi rs t o f th e " me l t i ng souls" wh o were fast vanishing into thin air. The beat was, indeed, intolerable, as the place began to fill. We cannot s ay much in praise of the costume generally. Although in some instances five hundred pounds were paid for a dress, and the average price was ten guineas, few persons seemed to choose a costume adapted for their physical appearance ; and, le some instances, the choice of character was highly absurd. The Duke of Brunswick was present, attired in full military , uniform, and decorated with his various orders. The Earl of 'Wilton was also in the room. At five o'clock this morn ing, the whole of the company had not retired. Thus has terminated this magnificent festival, and according to all ac counts it ha s surpasse d i n splendour the meeting of 1828. We have new only to hope that the funds of the different charities will be materially benefited by the undertaking. The ex versea have been very great, but the receipts have also been Y la rge, acid it is estimated that 5,0001. will be eventually i eared. !Lvetrely Malibran still remains at the Moseley Arms Hotel, indisposed, and an Italian physician, who has been i n the habit of attending her in London, has been sent for to attend her. She was to have received 6001. for her engage ment here, and we presume her illness will not make any ma terial difference in the terms, as it has originated her se vere indisposition. The physicians here say that she will not he fit to sing for a month to come. THE THEATRES. COVENT ATTIDEN. On Saturday night the tragedy of The Gamester was per formed at this theatre, Mr. C. Kemble and Miss Helen Faucit filling the two principal characters. The Gamester is one of those productions which are called domestic tragedies. Miss Faucit, who played Mrs. Beverley on Saturday, Was t en d er, resigned, pathetic, and upon one or two occasions even power ful. Th e w h o l e o f th e l as t scene o f t h e t hi rd act, in which Stukely uncovers his diabolical purpose s , was p l ayed by her svith great force, judgment, and dignity. Mr. Charles Kern.who played Beverley, has too much judmet, and too 21111 ° 1 experience to undertake any character to g which he can ?ct impart considerable interest. His Beverley was an able, If not a finished, performance. The approbation of a nume rous audience attended him throughout, and, upon one or two _ccasions, it was deservedly enthusiastic. The interview with i:tukely in the third scene of the third act was worthy of his t i ( l 'r days. His exclamation, "By Heaven, I'll not survive : 8 shame; traitor, 'tis you have brought it on me," was an Ppalling outbreak of frenzy, remorse, and desperation. His i rY grasp seemed to annihilate the ruffian who had ruined , 1 1 1 _ 115 . Mr. Bennett's Stukely would admit of much curtail "t in these appendages of his performance, and he might rosefully substit ute for them mere knavishness and slowness of auner and voice. Mr. Kemble s cled for by th au- die nce at the close o f the tragedy. wa He al came forward, e and acknowledged the compliment. HAEIIARKET. I N Saturday evening the new tragic drama, The Cavalier, rProduced here for the first time on Thursday night, was again tierfornied, with an entire change of catastrophe. In the first j st ance Captain Hardgrave was made to stab his wife, to save r from an ignominious death on a scaffold, and then to die poison hi mself, just as the King's pardon has arrived ; but Saturday night the latter event took place, while the bus -1142.(1 was in the act of counselling his wife after her condem 'Llen to commit the act of self-destruction, and of course the 4tastrophe of which the previous audience had disanproved r a ue t e i ri n jog unnecessary, was thus happily avoided. the alte tit; was very judicious, and wholly successful, for the cur atT f ell amidst l ong an d l ou d applause. Our former favour tute opinion of this piece h as b een con fi rme d on t h e secon d ; e i r c f°lll lance ; and the new matter added in the last scene is of la t cl i that sh ows we ll f or t h e talent of an author who could so 4—e '"Y Produce it. NEW STRAND. Saturday ni+rht was the last of the season at t hi s t h eatre . Th 0 a „e Piece s were The Perils of Pippins, The Bill . Sticker, -imOthello. On the conclusion of the second piece, Mr. di r Ha ond delivered the following Address :—" Ladies an- "a I nnn I might utter this, our farewell Address, in I ft inaan k t- OPja n nTis ; for I have to speak of the past and the Zvg r , e + At our commencement, from the suddenness with i ' e u We entered on the task, there were many deficiencies -ine i nistak For these ,' * * es : . e are very sorry —very much ashamed, ' 4114 mean, next w' season, to be quite reclaimed.' bu t We b egan with a tragic dram . a—. T he Painter of Ghent, V ia ,' as the aspect of boxes and pit were much ' more tragic j3o;—• we could wish, we —in sailors phrase— let go the - - gre n ot ter .' It has been said . that our stage is too small for the stage, com endeavours. To this we answer—if Par e d to , , 4 ,... u others, be a s a cherry-stone, we have contrived to ha ve ,Pall it what leas been held f a tolerable _Hercules. We lar ing the stage ; that is , if However, serious thoughts o v i i Y° l l advise the addition of very extensive stables. Other nt parlour being ct r* we shall remain as we are ; the p t.... 1 lar well nailed to enough for the comic muse—at -rese least, when she the onefoot. The horse-shoe may be the b bar„ d oor; but the horse-shoe has no ve business ry like a I,hicharn become s a theatre. We tried something ballet, when , after a few nights We raation of Ta lioni and ' Perrot), : 3 _ l , lli e d that our legsg we withdrew. (but purely out of mercy to . the re re- we other were not very good ; and so,. T‘'+' d to produce comedy of words and' character; in Phrase, mistrusting zi t i a only even g our Our hea e d s, We next tried burlesque. hi P l ayed a joke upon Sh. kspeare ; and we selected ... RI f or this magnanimous '' reason—no one else could so ; el ! afford t. If it b efaulttensof thousands have abetted .tT_ in the wrong. We are very sorry, e°sclutehntly says_ 'No money returned.' For our later novel but as the play-bill lai emp e Y may be taken as a tolerable sample of future enter -111,1 for ;if )ou like the wine of to-night, I can assure you u.,de rink,. 40_ drink future seasons there is a hogshead full of it. Come, Ladics and Gentlemen, we dedicate this theatre livi„ °lli euY and farce. We shall endeavour to ' catch the „,ce"ug.xo.anners as they rise :' though, with respect for pre- Aolii,eud ground, we shall select no cases from the Old Bailey. ~,.'_c a ao old there happen so untoward an event as a war with d ep ' e n v , be under no apprelension for your supplies, as we fo r to _ ti u pon no no in Paris. Ladies and Gentlemen, . I mailvkcoadjutor and myself I thank you. For the company litr e b' Y e n ; they arc assembled behind the scenes. I am ut upon me a c h urchwarden with a plate ; whatever you bestow them'ine will, in this case, b e most certainly divided among b °4 --farewe Ladi es ands case, e respectfully and earnestly j il," we FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From the French Papers of Friday.) The King of Naples arrived in his capital on the Ist inst. The reigning Duke of Brunswick has returned to Bruns wick from Berlin. The Phare de Bayonne of the 12th inst. says—" Gene ral Espeleta, late Viceroy ad interim of Navarre, arrived here the day before yesterday. General Evans, supported by the fire of numerous pieces of artillery, made an attack upon the Carlist lines on the 9th at three different points. His principal object was to gain the heights of Amezagana, towards which he directed the greatest portion of his forces and his light artillery. His men advanced as far as La sart e, a quarter of a league from Urnieta, on the high road; but here they were met by two battalions of Carlists, and compelled to retire within their lines, without reaching Amezagana. The loss of General Evans has not been mentioned, but the Carlists say that they had only seven of their men killed, and a proportionate number wounded. The junta of Barcelona had sent a representation to the Queen in opposition to the resolutions come to by the junta of Malaga, allowing what may be called the free admission into Spain of English tissues. This representation was de livered by the deputies lately chosen at Barcelona. The Government and the authorities of Madrid have been em ploying themselves in changing the names of places and things—the Plaza Royal is now called Plaza de la Consti tucion, the police is named Police of Protection and Public Salubrity, and the Council of Orders is to be denominated the Special Tribunal of Orders." M. de Toreno has succeeded in making his escape from Madrid. M. Aguilar has been appointed Ambassador of Spain in London. Advices from the frontiers state that Gomez had effected his junction with Quilez, and that their operations would be directed to cut off all intercourse with Madrid. General Van Helen has fled from his army. Letters from Bayonne announce that Espartero had died at Sesma. Attempts have been made to induce the detachments of the Foreign Legion organized to Pau to enter Spain, against the wish of the French Government, which had sent orders to disband them. Propositions have also been made to General Lebeau to invite him to continue in the command of that corps. The junta of Barcelona has addressed to the Queen a representation against the late decision of the junta of Alalaga, which allowed the importation of British manu factures almost free of duty. This representation was handed to her Majesty by the last deputies returned for Barcelona. A letter from Bayonne, dated the 12th inst., says—" Cor dova gave yesterday a grand dinner, to which all his friends were invited. The party afterwards set out to see the curiosities of the neighbourhood, and as the Christino fort, at the extremity of the bridge of Behobia, is of the number, nobody approaches the frontiers in that direction without paying it a visit. Cordova could not but gratify his curiosity in that respect ; besides, the heads of himself and friends were heated with wine, and as several lying and calumniating journals had presumed to doubt the af fection of the soldiers for Cordova, it was the moment or never to convict them of falsehood. The Spanish General accordingly sent to demand permission of the commander of the fort that he and his guests might visit it. It was a mere formality of politeness on his part, but behold the ge neral astonishment when the Commander's answer was re ceived cautioning Cordova against coming to the fort, lest the soldiers should give him a reception that might not be agree able to him. Cordova, nevertheless, disregarding this friendly advice, persisted in his first resolution, and ad vanced on the bridge, with all his company. I must inform you, that the Christino commander had had the precaution of ordering all his men to remain within the fort, and that the latter could see what was going on on the bridge from the ramparts. A serjeant, in disobedience of these orders, sallied out on the bridge to insult Cordova, whilst the sol diers set up cries of Death to the traitor !' It is impossi ble to say what might have happened had not the comman der of the fort caused the serjeant to be arrested and brought back to the fort, where ho was immediately put into confinement. The Garrison then began to murmur, and the commander was obliged to restore the prisoner to liberty, while Cordova very prudently returned to France." The Minister of Foreign Affairs is said to have received yesterday despatches from the French Consuls in Valencia, Palma, Carthagena, and Malaga, but he has taken good care that their contents should not transpire. We must conse quently suppose that the recent intelligence they bring is favourable to the constitutional cause. The organization of the national militia is proceeding with activity in those towns ; and public opinion, along that coast, is every day becoming more hostile to the Carlists. Several of their chiefs had latterly been transported to Majorca. In Spain, as nearly everywhere else, the French agents apply in vain for instructions to their Government, and their letters to the Charge d'Affaires, M. Bois-le-Compte, are not more successful.—Courricr Francais. PARIS, SEPT 17.—The Moniteur contains an Ordinance, directing the electoral colleges of the departments of which Messrs. Guizot, Duchatel, Rosamel, and Persil are repre sentatives, to proceed to new elections, in consequence of the appointment of those gentlemen to places in the Ad ministration. The Cabinet is very far from agreeing on its choice of a Minister of War. Two candidates proposed by the Palace are said to be rejected. One of them, if we are rightly informed, is an Aide-de-Camp of his Majesty, the other General Guilleminot. M.. Mole is said to be inclined to the choice of the Palace. It is said that General Alava will leave Paris, imme diately on the arrival of a courier which he expects in a day or two. He will first go on private business to Tours, and will then fix his residence at London, where he has nu merous connections.—Messager, Sept. 17. The Memorial Bordelais has the following article : According to our letters from Madrid of the 7th, the half-year's interest of the Spanish Stock, due on the first of November next, will be duly paid. We do not know how the Spanish treasury has found means to procure the necessary sum, but the positive assurance of this fact had had a favourable effect on the Exchange at Madrid, on the 6th. We are happy to be able to announce, with some degree of certainty, this important news ; for the bankruptcy of Spain would cause serious losses in every market in Europe. The Madrid journals of the 7th announce no important fact. News of the sth had been received from Valencia, where there had been rejoicings for the re-establishment of the Constitution. -Journal du Commerce, Sept. 17. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARS, SEPT. 16. Five per Cents., 106 t. 25c. 40c. 45c. Three per Cents. 79f 55c 50c. 45c. 5.c. Rente de Naples, 99f. 60c. 50c. 55c. Roman Five per Cents., 103. Spanish Actives, 27%. Spanish Passives, 8 8%14 Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101 1 , E 102%. Portuguese Three per Cents. 3i% IA %. kiaytian Loan, 370 E EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, -f. -c.; money, 25f. 27tic. Three months, paper, -f. -c.; money, 25f. 10c. -[burs Authentigue. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, Sevr. 17. Five per Cents., 1 1 6 f. 45c. 55c. 60c. Four per Cents., 100 f. 20c. Three per Cents., 79f. 65c. 70c. 65c. Bank Action?, 2,270 f. Rente de Naples, Sgt. 55c. 50c. Roman Five per Cents., 103. Spanish Actives, 28 25 1 4 28. Spanish Differes, 12 12 1 ,6. Spanish Passives, 8%%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 1024. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 39 1 j. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. Onemonth, paper, -c. -c.; money, 25f. 274 c. Three months, paper, -L-c. ; money, 25f. 10c -rwirs Authentigue. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—The Rentes have rather im proved to-day; the opening price of the Three per Cents. has been at 79f. 70c., but soon rose to 79f. 75e., buyers, with a firm market. The Spanish Active Stock has also improved; it opened at 28+ and got up to 28i, but has since declined to 28k, buyers. No report nor news at the Bourse. LAST PRICES.—Fire per Cents., 106 f. 65c.; Three per Cents., 79f. 75c.: Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb bards, —; Differes, 9R ; New Loan, —; Actives, 28; Pas sives, 88 ; Ducats, 99 70 ; Romans, 103 ; Pedros, —; Belgians, 102 a; Dutch, —f. —e. ; Haytians, —f. ; Mi guels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 26;4; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 12f ; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —. SPAIN. Extract of a letter dated Madrid, Sept. 10. :—Madrid s completely tranquil. Some disturbances were threatened by some of the discontented adherents of the Isturiz Minis try, who are pushed into extremes by agents from foreign potentates, anxious to have what is called a republic here, in order to compromise the renovated constitution ; but, as far as I can learn, the influence of those agents is but tri fling, for the Spaniards hate foreigners and their counsels. Three facts, which if misconstrued might lead many per sons to a false judgment, deserve, however, to be men tioned. First, on last Saturday, two Grenadiers entered the large door of the British Minister's hotel and knocked at the porter's door, as if in a wine shop, demanding wine ; the porter and his wife remonstrated, when one of them, who was inebriated, struck the latter. A military officer who was passing took the aggressors into custody ; Mr. VillierS wrote to complain of the insult offered, and ex planations were by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the soldiers have have been punished. Second, some soldiers quarrelled near the river for a trifle, and wounds and one death ensued. Third, the notorious Pe dro Vigo, to whom Cordova, on quitting the army, had given up the command, having been, on his arrival in Ma drid, ordered to proceed to Badajos, has written an in solent letter to the Minister of War, and is stated to be concealed from fear of arrest in Madrid. These three facts cannot be considered as proofs either of insubordination or revolution. The Government has contrived to obtain upwards of 300,0001. from different bankers, which sum is designed for the use of the army. Colonel de Lancey, of V.e British Legion, is to receive 25,000/. for the use of that corps, together with a positive assurance, that as soon as the accounts of the Legion are settled, any balance shall be instantly handed over. This officer is expected to start next week with the money now given for San Sebastian. The head-quarters of the army of the north are at Mi randa. A convoy with money, clothes, &c., is to leave Madrid on Monday next for Burgos, and General Rodil, the most active and enterprising of all those who have com manded in the north, is to proceed to the army. General Sarsfield has taken the command as the Viceroy of Navarre. The Carlist chief Gomez, whose marauding bands trust more to their rapid marches than to any military move ments, has got to Chelva ; where, as it appears, be will form a junction with some of the leaders of the other bands. His route, which was as usual marked by deso lation, has been, since the defeat and capture of Lopez's troops, near Jadrague, on the 31st ult., by crossing the Tagus and proceeding through Arvateta, Armallones, Za horejas, Penalen, and thence into Molina towards Hori huela, from whence he moved towards Chelva, where he was on the 7th, at the head of 4,000 infantry and 500 horsemen. Lopez was led about by him as a prisoner. General Alaix, at the head of Espartero's division, so long engaged in the pursuit, that the soldiers had worn out all their shoes, having received 7,000 pair, 4,000 shirts, be sides other clothing, and 2,0001. in money, the beginning of this week; from this city, has succeeded in entering Cu enca, thereby liberating it from all immediate danger. According to letters of the Gth from Valencia, a small body of the Queen's troops, consisting of 250 men, under Colonel Breil, was routed in an attack on the Friar Es peranza, at the head of 2,000 rebels. Breil fled with two officers into the city. The following are the decrees and orders published this week : 1. To place the regulation of the dependencies of the order of Isabella la Catolica in the hands of the officers of the order of Charles 111. 2. To form contracts for supplying the 50,000 equip ments for the new levies. 3. To regulate the distribution of the advance of the 200,000,000 among the provinces. 4. To place the clergy, as to voting for, and being, depu ties in the new Cortes, on the footing of the law of the 19th of September, 1813. 5. To regulate the mobilization of the corps of National Guards, and the new levy of 50,000 men in the most con venient manner for payment, &c. 6. To order all the ecclesiastics residing, but not belong ing to Madrid, to present themselves to the proper au thorities. 7. To sequester the property of all ecclesiastics not re siding in their proper places, and of all who oppose the just rights of Isabel 11. 8. To order all military officers and others to attend when the Government requires. 9. To re-establish the laws of the Cortes of the Bth of June, 1813, respecting agriculture and sheep flocks. 10. To appoint a committee of public beneficence, as or dained by the Cortes on the 6th of February, 1822. 11. To command the Judges of First Instance to remain at their posts. The Constitutional Corporation of Madrid has been chosen, and is now in full operation. The appointment of decided Liberals to all the civil magistracy continues en tirely under the care of Senor Lopez, the Under Secretary for the Home Department. SWITZERLAND. The Helvetic Diet dissolved itself on Saturday. Five States had voted for its adjournment ; but their opinion did not prevail. " The dissolution, in the present circum stances," observes the Helvetic, " may be considered as a proof that no unpleasant occurrence need be apprehended in Switzerland." The Helvelie gives the following, as the powers dele gated to the Swiss Directory by the Diet, previous to its dissolution : " 1. The ordinary Diet of 1836 is closed, after having gone through all the affairs mentioned in the circular in structions ; but, before its dissolution, it gives the Direc tory the following instructions : " 2. With regard to foreign affairs, the Directory will make it its most serious duty to maintain and defend with energy the honour, dignity, and independence of the Swiss Confederation, as is particularly belonging to a free and neutral state. To this effect, the Directory will exhort the Cantons to place their contingents, both as to personel and materiel, upon the footing prescribed by the obligations they have contracted with the Confederation. " 3. The Directory will carefully keep up pacific and friendly relations between the Confederation and Foreign States, taking for their basis a strict fulfilment of all inter nal obligations. " 4. To obtain these ends, the Directory will take care to keep up a continued correspondence with the Cantons, as well as the diplomatic agents of Switzerland abroad, in order to inform the Cantons constantly of everything which passes in foreign States that may be particularly interesting to Switzerland. "5. In case of any sudden danger from abroad, the Di rectory is authorized to call out such troops as it may think necessary, and provisionally nominate their commanders, in order that they may be rendered effective. In the mean time the Diet shall be convoked, which shall then appoint the Commander-in-Chief, and the Chief of the General Staff, and give orders for definitive measures. " 6. If war breaks out in any of the neighbouring states, he Diet will be immediately convoked. " 7. The Directory is charged to watch with all possible care the internal state of the country. In case auy di s _ turbance arises in any one of the cantons, or if there shall be any attempt against public order, the Directory will act with a view to the maintenance of order and the laws, by sending federal representatives, by warning the cantons to exercise a strict vigilance, and, in cases of emergency calling out the troops. "8. Should any events of a more serious nature take place, the Directory shall immediately convoke the Diet." Letters from Milan confirm the news of a political am. nesty being just granted by the Emperor Ferdinand. But this measure is not general, as has been stated. It com prises only 50 persons, the greater part of whom emigrated in 1821, after the affair of Piedmont. Among these are ten who have already died in Spain or Portugal, including M. Mascheroni, who formed part of the expedition of Torrijos, and who was shot with the other unfortunate men of that expedition. His Excellency Lord Granville arrived at Frankfort on the 13th inst. The French papers continue to announce melancholy re sults from the late storms, thunder, and lightning. One of our private letters states, that among the crowd of refugees from Spain, arrived at Bayonne, was M. de Miraflores. " The decision of the Helvetic Diet in the case of the refugee Conseil is not yet known. The project of the com mittee, tending to impeach M. de Montebello, did not ob tain in the Diet the necessary majority (12 votes), only ten cantons and a half having voted for it. Five others referred the matter to their respective Governments. and among the latter is the representative of the Radical canton of St. Gall, whose vote in the affirmative cannot be doubtful. It is con sequently probable that the project of the committee will be adopted. " We have already stated that the Diet appeared to us incompetent to decide the question, and if it agreed to the measure proposed by the committee, it would render M. de Montebello's recall quite impossible, as our Government would then have a right to charge Switzerland with having been guilty of a fault of the same kind as that so violently reproached to our diplomacy. " The Directory having submitted to the Diet the docu ments on which the act of accusation directed against M. de Montebello was founded, the public was not a little sur prised to find M. Tscharner, President of the Directory, and deputy for Berne in the Diet, did not reply to the speech of M. de Chambrier in the defence of M. de Monte bello. The latter, it will be recollected, accused the police of Berne of having gotten up an intrigue against him. M. Tscharner did not contradict the charge, from which it may be inferred that the Directory is not so confident as it pre tends to be of the truth of its charges against M. de Monte bello. " One of the first Magistrates of Geneva received from Paris a letter (alluded to in the Federal of the 13th) an nouncing that the new Ministry would not recall M. de Montebello. We do not suppose that the Ministers will contest the fault committed by our diplomacy in the Swiss affair, but they think that the blame incurred thereby must altogether fall on M. Thiers, and not on M. de Monte bello, who it seems, literally executed the instructions he had received from the former Minister of Foreign afftiirs."— La Paix. The Helvetic states that the list of foreigners expelled from Switzerland, as laid by the Directory before the Diet, amount in number to 136, and contain the names of 22 Bavarians, 13 Italians, 10 Prussians, 10 citizens of Hesse Darmstadt, 10 of Wurtemburg, 9 of Baden, 8 of Elec toral Hesse, 7 of Frankfort, 6 Poles, 5 Hanoverians, 5 Danes from Holstein Scheswig, 4 S axons , 2 c itizens of Nassau, 1 of Brunswick, and 25 whose coun t r i es are un known. Among them are 28 ex-stud en t s , mas t ers o f lan guaes, and men of literature, who have received a liberal education in Germany, and who, for the most part, were members of academical societies. A few were military men, and the rest were all artisans. Among the latter were 9 compositors and printers, 14 shoemakers, 7 lock smiths, 4 goldsmiths, 4 joiners, 4 tinmen, and only 2 tailors. The greater part of the other trades furnished only one or at most two members, to the society called" Young Germany?' Extract of a letter of the 11th inst., from Berne : " The Anti-Radical Association (Sicherheilverein), is re cruiting with success in the chief town and principal places THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 183& of the canton. It has presented its programme and its statutes to the central police, which was not able to refuse it a tolerance which has long been granted to the most se ditious associations. It is even suspected that the mode rate fraction of the Government, the Tscharner party, does not look with an evil eye on this first essay at resistance against the encroachments of Radicalism. The Council of Federal Representatives that is to be united with the Di rectory, to watch over the execution of the conclusion of August the 23cr, will be composed of six members, deputed by the cantons of Zurich, Uri, Glaris, Friburcr, Grisons, and Vaud, placed at the head o f th e s i x series determined by the 9th article of the compact. Five of the States they represent having voted in the Diet for the conclusin, their co-operation in its execution will be more conscientious and more active. At the moment when certain Journals an nounced the disgrace and recall of the Duke de Monte bello, that ambassador received, as a present from King Louis Philippe, his portrait, to place in his audience hall." GERMANY. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 13.—The Ober-post-ampts-Zeitung of this date contains a notice from the Post-office that by an arrangement with the Post-office of the Grand Duchy of Baden, a new daily post is established between Frankfort and Strasburg, by means of which the letters to or from the south of France reach their destination a whole day earlier than they used to do.—Frankfort Paper, Sept. 15. FRONTIERS OF POLAND, AUG, 18.---Three battalions of Russian troops for Silistria have already marched through Moldavia on their way to Podolia. They were received in the most cordial manner both by the magistrates and the inhabitants of the principality, and his Majesty the Empe ror of Russia being informed of it, has expressed his satis faction to Prince Storza. ANCONA, AUG. 3.—According to an official report, we have had 300 cases of cholera here, from the 17th of Au gust, when it first broke out, to this day ; 141 persons have died, 75 recovered, and 84 was still in the hands of the phy sicians. VIENNA, SEPT. 9.—Five per Cents., 103 9-16; Four per Cents., 100 7-16 ; Three per Cents., 744; Bank Shares, I,347l.—Allgemeine Zeitung.—Sept. 14. BELGIAN F UNDS—BRUSSELS, SEPT. 16. Actual Debt, 2!,i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. IOIY, Loan of City, 1832. 4 per Cent ittOq Loan of Thirty Millions 94IA Society of Commerce, 45 per Ccnt 14744 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 126% Brussels Papers, Sept. 17. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 15.—The Moniteur of this morning publishes a treaty, and the ratification of that treaty between Belgium and Prussia for the reciprocal extradition of persons accused of certain crimes. It was signed at Berlin on the 29th of July last, and resembles that which already exists between Belgium and France for the same purpose. BOHEMIA PRAGUE, SEPTEMBER 6.—The following is an extract from a private letter :—" Contrary to expectation there are but few English in Prague at this moment. The reason may be that it is somewhat out of the usual line of their tours, and that they look forward to the Coronation next year at Milan. where they, in all probability, will attend in immense numbers. The dinner and ball on Sunday evening were sumptuous in the extreme. Between six and seven hundred were present at the latter, almost exclusively noble German families. Yesterday evening their Majesties again attended the theatre. The first performance was a Bohe mian comedy ; that of last night the Crocinto in Egilto. Nothing could exceed the exquisite style in which this opera was sung throughout. Schrieder Devrient, who took the principal part, is celebrated over all Europe ; but others, whose fame is confined to Prague, are very nearly indeed her equals, and would secure a high reputation even at the King's Theatre. Prague is known to possess a good opera ; but those only who have visited it know how good it is. A very pretty divertisement was introduced at the end of the first act, from the general design and conduct of which M. Deshayes, or whoever conducts that department in London, might take a useful hint. Ttie weather here is oppressively hot, insomuch as to lead many to fear that the cholera, if it really exist to any extent, may be seriously increased by it. These fears are strengthened by, if indeed they do not owe their rise to, the sudden death of the Archbishop of Olmutz, who was to have taken part in the coronation, and for whose investi ture a ceremonial day had been set apart. His decease took place yesterday morning, and so unexpected a catas trophe is of course by many ascribed to cholera. A word with regard to politics. Some weeks ago there were rumours of a proposed Congress of Sovereings, and it was suggested that the occasion of the present ceremony might be made available for the purpose. There is, how ever, not the slightest appearanco of any such intention. The King of Prussia is still at Berlin, the Emperor of Rus sia on a tour of inspection in his own dominions, and all other Sovereigns at their respective Courts. Neither have they any special delegates or Ambassadors here. Prince Metternich is in fact the only stateman of eminence pre sent at these ceremonies. The late Congress on the affairs of Spain and Turkey was attended by no result, and it is very far from likely that such a method of deliberation will be again resorted to. That, at all events, no disturbance of European tranquillity is anticipated is sufficiently evident from the fact that the Austrian army has lately been con siderably reduced, and a state of peace declared by the opening of the stores for consumption. BAVARIA. MUNICH, SEPT. B.—The report that was spread a few days ago that the cholera had broken out at Mithenwald, on the frontiers of Bavaria and Tyrol, and that 25 persons had already fallen victims to it, created at the first a great sensation, which, however, was soon allayed when it ap peared that it was the ordinary dysentery, which, it is true, often assumes the form of the cholera. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION. [From an Article in the Revue des Deux Monde:, written by M. Viardot, well known for his Writings on Spanish Politics, History, and Literature.] The revolution of July was saluted by oppressed nations as an aurora of freedom. The Spanish refugees especially could not but hope that Prance, guilty of having crushed their cause in 1823, would make amends now, and con sult both interest and justice in restoring to Spain the freedom of which the French had deprived her. On the first tidings of the events of the Three Days they hastened to Paris from all parts of Europe, and soon a kind of re union or junta was formed, consisting of all the eminent men of the Liberal emigration, Ministers, Deputies, Ge nerals, State Councillors, &c.; amongst them were To reno, Mendizabal, Isturiz, Calatrava, Galiano, Duc de Rivas, De la Cuadra, Seoane, San Miguel, &c. The aim of the Junta was double—to communicate with the pa triots in the interior of Spain, and also with the French Government. Being intimate with the greater part of those who composed this meeting, I was charged with this ,latter mission. And for this my first business was at the Palais Royal, become the scat of GovernmentZ in lieu of the deserted Tuileries. The Spanish emigrants demanded aid in raising their country to insurrecrion, and in expelling Ferdinand. It offered to the French Government in return, under the promise of ratification by the Cortes, the crown of Spain, for the Due de Nemours. This new Philip the Fifth, in marrying Donna Maria, the heiress of Don Pedro, then at Paris, would have joined Portugal to Spain, as the marriage of Ferdinand and Isa bella had joined Castile and Aragon, and the entire Penin sula would have become annexed to France, or at least sufficiently allied to realize the wish of there being no longer any Pyrenees. The proposal was received as it ought—.that is to say, with eagerness, and I may say with enthusiasm. The Spanish refugees were encouraged, and full liberty was given to them to act. Efficient succours were promised them, and 100,000 francs were taken from the King's private purse to supply the first wants. It was M. Mole, now Prime Minister, and then Minister for Fo reign Affairs, who gave this sum with his own hand to General Lafayette, who settled with M. Mole tile use that should be made of it—and this was, that 70,000 francs should be sent to Bayonne to the refugees there, and the rest (30,000) to General Torrijos, who was preparing an expeditio n at Gibraltar. The second part of my mission was to the Ministers themselves. I waited on M. Guizot at the moment that he took possession of the Home Department. I stated to him the object of my visit, the intentions of the Spanish emigrants, and I demanded of him the categorical answer which they awaited, and which bade them go on or desist. M. Guizot replied without hesitation :—" Tell those who have sent you hither that France committed a great political crime . in 1823 ; that she owes to Spain a complete an . d , pub activity. .S 0 lie reparation, and that this reparation shall be explicit an answer filled the Spanish emigrants with J? 3 :, and they entered upon their part of . the contrac,t. with. formed a Spanish committee, composed of some of i members, to aid in revolutionizing Spain. The committ e e her The society called Aide-toz, le etc/ t aide? . a t; consisted of Gamier Pages, E. A rago, SehTla. ; Mar chais, Gauja. I was also one of it. Our principal occu pation was to form at the foot of the Pyreneys to a little Spain under of volunteers, which might penetrate which would have been the signal for the of the for subscrip patriots. We sent all through the provinces . under a Spanish liberal commander, and the .. in ii ,, tranc p e c of tions, and received considerable sums in Paris. Most of the Ministers were s ubscribers, and I possess a long an d curious li s t o f names w h os e owners might to-day b e asto nished t o see t h emse l ves on so revolutionary a document. M. Bertin de Vaux, e ditor and proprietor of the Journal des Debats, figure s there, with Rambuteau, Lefebvre, Gautier, Berenger, &e. Casimir Perier himself, then a Minister, authorised his eldest son to make one of our Spa nish Committee. M. Guizot, more than any other, aided our plan for collecting a little army on the frontier, com posed of recruits enrolled at Paris. Every day the dili gences reserved places for these recruits, who were wheeled off rapidly to Bayonne and Perpignan. Pursuant to the order of M. Guizot, passports were made out at the Pre fecture of Police, and delivered to French, German, and Italian volunteers, who, in bands of fifty, one hundred, and two hundred, marched off, drums beating and colours flying, and treated on the route as a regular military corps to revolutionize the Peninsula. These corps were com manded by Borso di Camimati, Charrier, Barraco, Rouy, Cesarini, &c. But the revolutionary fever did not last long at the Palais Royal. Foreign diplomacy soon intervened, bringing pro posals of alliance and peace. It was remarked that the famous treaties of the 20th of November, 1815, were still the political law of Europe ; that the contracting Sovereigns had therein engaged to maintain the Bourbons on the throne of France, and had mutually guaranteed each other against any revolution in that country ; that Louis Philipp e being himself a Bourbon, they might, if so inclined, not choose to see a violation of treaties or casus belli in his accession, upon condition that he would repress the democratic spirit, and give to Europe the same securitie s aga i ns t revo l u ti on w hich had been given by the Bourbons of the elder branch. The sending of M. de Talleyrand as Plenipotentiary to the Conference of Lon don was the answer given to the insinuations of diplomacy. From that time the splendid vision of a Peninsular crown was forgotten. Spain, Italy, and Poland, which had been stirred, or at least covertly encouraged to revolt, were left to shift for themselves. Still it was necessary for some time longer to conceal this new game. Some manoeuvres were, however, employed before the mask was entirely thrown off, and I will cite one fact which will alone suffice to charac terize the policy of the Government. Among the Spanish refugees there was one man who, by the just popularity of his name, was pointed out as the fittest person to direct the revolutionary movement of Spain : that man was General Mina. Like the rest of his countrymen, he had come from London to Paris, where immediately on his arrival he had waited upon General Gerard, a Minister, the similarity of whose profession to his own led him to select as the first he should visit. He was received in the most cordial manner by the Marshal, and the most positive assurances of sympathy and protec tion were given him. But Marshal Gerard (and certainly it is not his loyalty which I accuse in this manner) made him swear upon his honour that he would immediately betake himself to Bayonne without seeing any person at Paris, not even General Lafayette ; that he would care fully conceal his plans, his journey, and even his name ; and that he would postpone all his enterprises for six or seven weeks, in order to give France time to take up a position with regard to Europe. Mina promised, and lie kept his word. But how fatal the promise became ! The most precious time was lost in inaction—the time in which the Cabinet of Madrid, plunged in stupor, was incapable of taking any mqasures of salvation. A still greater evil was also the consequence. On the one hand, the reserve of Mina, and the inexplicable secrecy in which he shrouded himself; caused his friends in France to look upon him, first with surprise, afterwards with coolness, and finally with distrust. On the other hand, his compelled inaction, and his efforts to adjourn the movement, compromised him still more seriously among his countrymen, and weakness, and even treason, was hinted at. He was accused of having sold himself to the interests of England, and of endeavouring to prevent the movement which was to give France a decided supremacy in the Pe ninsula. An afflicting disunion thus sprung up in the too scanty ranks which should have been united together by the bands of their common misfortune, and of their equal devotedness to their country, and their friends in France grew cool towards men who were apparently disposed to commence a civil war upon a foreign soil. The men, the arms, and the money intended for Mina were sent to others, and the undertaking had no longer either bond, or unity, or chief. The French Government was in the mean time bending itself more and more to its new line of policy. Desirous of adding the gratitude of the Cabinet of Madrid to that of the other Courts of Europe, it sacrificed the Spanish cause to its convenience. The succours granted to Spaniards on their road to the frontiers were discontinued, their departure was forbidden, and rigorous measures were adopted against them. By an iniquitous contradiction the Government ap peared indignant at an inaction which itself had recom mended, an the refugees were accused of having conceived projects of revolution which they had not fulfilled. Severe orders were transmitted to the local authorities, and many unfortunate Spaniards were despoiled of the arms and am munition which they had sold their garments to purchase. Without entering into the detail of these afflicting persecu ... tions, I will cite one more fact to show the mortal blow which they gave to the Spanish cause. When, after the desperate resolution of Colonel Valdes, who crossed the Bidassoa, ra ther than give up his arms, Mina saw himself obliged to hold out his hand and join him, the plan of a campaign was drawn up by him, a plan which was wise, able, and perhaps decisive. Having, on the 20th of October, entered Spain with a small troop, it was necessary. during some days, to confine his operations to some insigni ficant manoeuvres near the frontier of Navarre, certain of drawing to that point, by the mere power of his name, all the royal forces dispersed in the Basque provinces, in Arragon, and Navarre. Eight days afterwards General Plasencia, who had been re-assembling in the interval the platoons of refugees scattered on the banks of the Adour, was to penetrate into Arragon, at that time without troops, and to march, without striking a blow, to Saragossa, where the Liberals of the province, with whom this movement had been concerted, would be in waiting to receive him. In effect, General Llauder united the troops in Arragon with those of Pampeluna, in order to attack the refugees at Vera. But while Mina, resigned beforehand to the re verse which was awaiting him, after having passed thirty hours in the crevice of a rock to escape the men and the dogs which had been sent to capture him, had re-entered France as if by a miracle, where he hoped to hear of the success of his lieutenant, a sous-prefet seized the arms des tined for the troop of Plasencia, and rendered totally vain the devotedness and the death of so many brave men, caused the failure of a most able manoeuvre, and perhaps retarded the liberation of a whole people. All these facts are stated in a menzoire which General Lafayette placed before the King and the Ministers at the beginning of No vember. This memoire, signed by M. Mendizabal, who had generously sacrificed his whole fortune in the cause, had for its object to propose to the Government a sort of mezzo ternzine. Notwithstanding all this, and in spite of the remon strances of Lafayette, the order was given that the refu gees assembled on the frontier should return into France, and we witnessed the odious spectacle of the elite of a na tion brought back into the interior of France by gendar merie, as if they had been sent by Ferdinand VII. into the penal settlements of Africa. Here commences a second era, and the Spanish Revolu tion, fettered in France and by France, broke out, deve loped itself, and increased in Spain itself. We all remember the death of Ferdinand, who said of himself so truly, " Je suis le bouchon de la boutelle de biere ; quand je sauterai, tout sauterai' We remember the defence of Saint Ilde fonso,. the accession of Christina to the Regency, the en lightened despotism attempted by M. Zea, his fall, and the succession to the Ministry of the first man from the ranks of the Spanish emigration. M. Martinez de la Rosa, called upon to direct the new Administration, and passing thus, without an intermediate step, from proseri?tion to power, said to his friends, " My mission will be short. I am to lead Spain from the so-called enlightened despotism of my predecessor to the meeting of the representatives of the people. The Ciirtes once assembled, I will give up to them the cares of Government, and my part will be finished." M. Martinez de la Rosa then understood the situation of Spain and did himself justice. He was, in fact, the man of the transition. His Statut Royal, far from being a constitution, as might be helieve4l, is only a decree for the convocation of the general Cortes of the kingdom. are, and But M. Martinez de la Ros a and his successor, M. de To_ reno, allowed themselv es to be abused by the councils l e s and the promises of Frenchltemaindipwlhomernecy..ou The notes invariably said , nothing more. If the rebels in Navarre make any progress should in the name of Don Carlos, or if the rev olution be come irritated and cast you out, call us our intervention will ; will be ready." M. Martinez de la Rosa remembered this promise before his fall, an d upon this promise M. de Toreno established his whole policy. a gainst the insurgent juntas, it was because If he held up a French army was in readiness he thought Bidassoa. Driven to an e on the banks of the rounded the armed interventionxtremity, the Queen de experienced a...refusal,. and • promised by France. She be seen that she was a • in her consequent anger let it blind confidence had thrown are of the abyss into which her councils; supported by her. The policy of false without anything lying promises, was born at Paris, ambassador who from. Spain having aided its birth. The since the repre§ented France in that country ever Revolution of July was not an accomplice. M. de Raynev a l was certainly not a man who had a n y pas sionateleanings towards democratic opinions ; but he pos sessed good sense, wit, and saaac't He saw thin g s clearly, and lie would see them before he gave his opinion. While the English Cabinet relied upon the lofty intellect, the superior knowledge, and the upright and noble charac ter of its young representative at Madrid, the Doctri naires, in their fatuity, instead of consulting facts ofi which to found an opinion, established their opinion in spite of filets. In 1834 I heard M. de Rayneval complain bitterly that he was neither believed nor consulted, that he acted a part which was conrrary to his opinions, and to blame in his heart what he was charged officially to maintain. It was on this point that he engaged me to rEI4 1 7 ,1 I ' ( \k.V. write on such a subject, assuring me that - !aftl4.4'' c c ,l4*; t Opposition journal had more effect than al jist‘se . dirl i bi tlei... dispatches. He died in the conviction, st n n ed frtia lLir ).,, ....._. ,-;T experience, that he had sec!) things in the tru Ili i .- ,''t full of regret that his conviction had not been acti tiV or i, - ..1 \ T, The fallowing are additional facts, given by the Temps, to these revolutions of Viardot : " Viardot might have added, that M. Guizot gave 1,000 francs a his subscription to the Spanish revolutionary com mittee, and that as Home Minister he sent orders to the Prefect of Calais to admit, with or without passports, the refugees arrivireg for the purpose of joining in the Spanish expedition. Moreover, he might have stated that M. Guizot, as Home Minister, appointed, as Prefect of a de partment bordering on Spain, one of the members of this said committee for re% olutionizing Spain, recommended to him by the Societ Aide-toi." ••• IRELAND. W e lament to state that but little hope is entertained of Mrs. O'Connell's recovery. Th e Irish Papers contain a large mass of details con nected with the tithe war. We give the following account from a Leinster Paper : QUEEN'S COUNTY.—The campaign has already com menced in the Queen's County, and the ensuing winter promises neat doings at the hands of " Rebellion Ruffians." Archdeac on S topford has commenced the good work with vigour in the p ar i s h of Killabin, Queen ' s County. A few days since, the peaceable inhabitants of this parish were alarmed by the appearance of a large body of police, at tended by the Sheriff, who proceeded towards the chapel, to post tithe notices on the part of the Venerable Arch deacon Stopford—commanding; the Rev. Mr. Hickney, P.P.; and twenty of his parishioners, to appear before the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, on the 31st day of October next. The Honourable and Reve rend Archdeacon Scott Stopford (as he is named in the subpoena), receives 1,400/. a year out of the parish ; and, we need scarcely tell our Queen's County readers, that he is seldom, if indeed ever, seen amongst them. He, also, receives 6001. a year out of the parish of Clonmore, with a handsome glebe-house and land —and possesses another extensive benefice in the North of Ireland, out of which he receives 800/. a year. This is the m an w h o h as waged war against the peaceable inhabitants of the parish of Kil labin, and, as if to add more deeply t o th e i nsult, selects their beloved pastor as the first victim to pounce upon. W e promise the Archdeacon, as far as the parishion ers of Kil labin are concerned, that he shall get enough of proceed ings in Equity--for they are determined to defend them selves to the last, a n d h ave a l r eady enteredinto subscrip tions for that purpose. Those proceedings may benefit Richard John Theodore Orpen, of North Great George's street, gentleman ; but you will certainly be a loser, Mr. Archdeacon, as sure as law is not equity. COUNTY CORK.—The following letter, taken from the Southern Reporter, is deserving of attention Kinsale, Sept. 13, 1836. " Sir,—The war against justice and against the peace of this district, hitherto so quiet and tranquil, has commenced Kinsale and its neighbourhood were on Monday last thrown into a state of the greatest alarm and confusion by the proceed ings of John Hosford, commissioner of rebellion from the parish of Rincurran. Parson Creegh took the field in person, and with "eyes right" overlooked the scene, as it might have been, of slaughter. His son, the brave captain, who, on a plea of ill health, is on leave of absence from the honourable service of his country, volunteered to lend his valorous aid on this un worthy occasion, and, that it might be quite a family business, young Master Creagh made his debut, and was initiated in this very honest and honourable mode of earning bread by the sweat of his neighbour's brow. " The prowling party, consisting of these four, scented out the unfortunate farmer, John Mahony, of Watersland, who was the object of attack ; the wretched old man has been for many years weighed down with infirmity and sickness ; he is so weak and decrepid as to be scarce able to walk with a pair of crutches, and, calculating on his disabled condition, they marked him out as an easy prey. It was said (but who could suppose such an impiety ?) that they began the pious work with prayer; on their approach the women of the neighbourhood carried off the wretched cripple a fee fields, but lie was successfully pursued and captured. As the unfortunate old man could not move without assistance, efforts were cruelly made by them to force him over hedges and ditches. At this stage of the business it was found impos sible to urge him on any further, and it became necessary to get a conveyance for the enfeebled and wretched creature. With difficulty he was deposited on the car, and brought into town amidst the execrations of an indignant people, he having more the appearance of a dead man than a living being. " As some fears were entertained that, from the ill-usage he complained of, a sudden or speedy death might ensue, his clergyman anti physician were in attendance. Humanity shuddered at the shocking- sight, and the very gaoler, horrified at his ghastly appearance, refused to take him into cust o dy o n the Exchequer warrant without a committal from the Sove reign, which, after some delay, was procured. Poor Mahony lingered in his dungeon until this morning, when the helpless creature, moaning from the internal injuries he received, was laid at length on an outside car, and in this melancholy pos ture, amidst the tears of a sympathising multitude, he was conveyed to the coach, which transported him to the hospital of the county gaol. How long are humanity and religion and every good and just feeling to be outraged by this accursed tithe system, and by its heartless agents and commissioners? The police acted coolly and creditably, and according to the strict letter of their duty ; they merely afforded protection to the commissioner and his worthy associates. ‘‘ I remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " P. O'DONOVAN." The Ebenezer man is vigorously at work in his holy vo cation. Mr. Sharman Crawford has addressed another letter to the liberal constituency of Dundalk. The Coercion Act of 1835 forms its object. GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting of this patriotic body took place last Thursday. It was nu merously attended, and the proceedings were of the most gratifying description. At the meeting immediately pre ceding the last, the amount of contributors to the " Justice Rent" was 1601. ; last Thursday the sum handed in to the Secretary was little short of 400/. This increase in the brief space of a few days is an unequivocal proof of the pro gress which the Association is making. Even Belfast, " the black North," has proved that the spirit which once animated the men of Ulster, is not extinct ; whilst Newry, Wicklow (the most Conservative village out of Ulster) and Waterford, whose patriotism is written in the history of Ireland, have all manfully and nobly come forward with contributions to the general fund. DINNER TO H. V. STUART ; ESQ.—On Thursday next the dinner to our respected County Lieutenant takes place. Already has every gentleman of respectability and inde pendence in our county signified his intention of being pre sent. Numbers from the adjoining counties have also put down their names. The eloquent Member for Tipperary, Mr. Shiel, intends coming to Waterford purposely to join in this tribute of respect to our distinguished guest. No thing but a domestic affliction of the deepest nature pre vents Mr. O'Connell from marking, by his presence, the high regard which he entertains for Mr. Stuart. The pre parations on the part of Mr. Cummins are on the most ample and liberal scale.— Waterford Chronicle. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AND MURDER. Bernard Byrne, portera a in the named Sarah Devine,theHouseoflndustry,on withevening, stabbed a knife. I n f ormat i on was immediately given street police-office —two p eace officers in siAntfaontint:led:ty y breastlln y hurried e r io the spot, where they found that the un fortunate man had, in the interval, cut his throat with the same knife that he had inflicted the wound on the woman. Jealousy, it appeared, was the origin of the act. Both parties are at p resent i n Richmond Hospital, in a dangerous state. John Lynn, the parricide, is, we understand, to be con fined in gaol, and not again sent to the Belfast Lunatic Hospital. STATE OF TRADE. From the Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday. LEEDS.—A good deal of business has been done in the Cloth Halls during the past week, but the demand for fi nished cloths has not been quite so brisk as previously. The operative classes continue fully employed, and nearly all the mills are running full time. BRADFORD.—The demand for manufactured goods on Thursday was not quite so extensive as it has been for for many weeks past, but in several instances in which sales were made improved prices were obtained. The transac tions in wool and yarns were in some degree less than o f late, though former prices were obtained. This apparent, but we trust temporary, slackening of the d eman d i s attri buted to the recent increase n th . e rate of di scounts made by the Directors of the Bank of England, and to the ne cessity of caution in the purchases for the American mar ket until the consequences of the recent changes in the monetary system of that country should have been fully developed. HALIFAX.—The sales of goods at thi s mar k et on Tues day were comparatively limited, but prices remained much the same for some weeks past. An opinion has obtained that the recent change of the market-day, thou gh it may not be said to have o p erate d injuriously, has not,' as yet, been attended by t h e b eneficial results that were antici pated, and many of the manufacturers have begun to at tend the markets at Bradford regularly, as well as those at Halifax. The repairs of St. James's Church turn out to be much more extensive than was at first expected; and are not likely to be completed before March or April next. Madame Dudevant is so ashamed of herself and her works as to mask them under the assumed appellation of " Georges Sand." I noticed the profile of this talented woman in the collection of eminent persons among the medals of David. The eyes and forehead are strikingly handsome, the mouth animalaire and coarse—half a Circe, half a muse.—Diary of a Desennuyee.